Lotus Blossom

By grrlscientist on October 23, 2008.

tags: lotus blossom, flowers, nature, photography, Image of the Day

Lotus blossom.

Photographed at Attwater, Texas.

Image: Joseph Kennedy, June 2006 [larger view].

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Poverty is very terrible, and sometimes kills the very soul within us; but it is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings; it is the soft luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams. - Ouida

Om mani padme hum

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you.
This image is feautured in CelebraZine (Celebrate What's Right in the World) http://kathmandau.blogspot.com/2008/12/celebrazine-03dec08.html

blessings to you and all you hold dear,
CG

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